Aiton, Savoie

Aiton is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

Aiton
Commune
The church in Aiton
Location of Aiton
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Coordinates: 45°33′43″N 6°15′33″E
Country	France
Region	Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Department	Savoie
Arrondissement	Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne
Canton	Saint-Pierre-d'Albigny
Intercommunality	Porte de Maurienne
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Claudine Daudin
Area ^1	16.29 km^2 (6.29 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	1,667
• Density	100/km^2 (270/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	73007 /73220
Elevation	286–1,009 m (938–3,310 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Aiton stands at the crossroads of the Maurienne and Tarentaise valleys, marking the transition between the foothills of the Combe de Savoie and the Alps proper. The Arc and Isère rivers have their confluence just downstream from Aiton, at the Pont Royal.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
2006	1,638	—
2007	1,704	+4.0%
2008	1,764	+3.5%
2009	1,786	+1.2%
2010	1,774	−0.7%
2011	1,759	−0.8%
2012	1,745	−0.8%
2013	1,733	−0.7%
2014	1,727	−0.3%
2015	1,706	−1.2%
2016	1,686	−1.2%

Economy

Aiton hosts the French loading platform for the Alpine rolling highway running under the Mont Cenis Tunnel to Orbassano near Turin.[2]

It is also home to a prison, opened in July 1992 after serving as press accommodation for the 1992 Winter Olympics.

See also

• Communes of the Savoie department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. Green, Anitra. "Mont Cenis gauge enhancement spurs intermodal growth". Retrieved 20 February 2018.